C&L: Ben-Veniste Rips ABC's Fakeumentary Over Inaccuracies

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http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/06/ben-veniste-rips-abcs-fakeumentary-over-inaccuracies/



Ben-Veniste rips ABC’s fakeumentary over inaccuracies
By: John Amato on Wednesday, September 6th, 2006 at 6:57 PM - PDT

Richard Ben-Veniste, a member of the 9/11 commission rips ABC over their many false representation of the 9/11 commission report and the use of it to market their 9/11 mini-series as the definitive account of the 9/11 tragedy. That to me is disgraceful. Making it available to only right wing sites is also a big indicator of how slanted this ABC/ Disney production is.

Tom Kean, Sr. is clearly shown in Countdown’s segment as having complete access to the script and approving the falsehoods that show up in the TV show. Way to go Kean.

Digby has much more:

The reason this matters so much, and why Democrats are so apoplectic at the way ABC has handled this material, is that popular culture has a way of inculcating certain concepts into people’s minds, especially young minds, far more effectively than talking head programs or earnest debates among political bloggers and columnists. This is the kind of thing that could taint the debate for generations if it takes hold. The right howled mercilessly at Oliver Stone’s depictions of JFK and Nixon, claiming that he was rewriting history…. read on

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[texpatriot2004]

1. CrooksandLiars is Great nm

[savemefromdumbya]

2. makes people think twice about the government's version of 9/11

the more fuss the merrier. All 9/11 experts need to wade in and challenge ABC and it's program

[proud patriot]

3. thanks for the heads up

:hi:

[Hissyspit]

4. Leahy was great today on NPR's "special coverage" ripping Bush's speech

He called them the "Gang That Couldn't Shoot" straight. Don't know if they will make the transcript available.

[Rockstone]

5. He also said

Kean is a great American and he refused to characterize the film as biased. he said he had only seen half so he couldn't say. He stressed that it was only innacurate. All in all, I found his statements contradictory.

[gumby]

6. If Ben-Veniste's performance qualifies as "Rips,"

then I'm just about as quivery as a newly released jello mold.